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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Sterrhinae » Sterrhini » Idaea » Red-Bordered Wave Moth - Hodges#7114 (Idaea demissaria)

Species Idaea demissaria - Red-Bordered Wave Moth - Hodges#7114

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Red-bordered Wave Moth? - Idaea demissaria

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Geometroidea (Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths)

Family Geometridae (Geometrid Moths)

Subfamily Sterrhinae

Tribe Sterrhini

Genus Idaea

Species demissaria (Red-Bordered Wave Moth - Hodges#7114)

Hodges Number

7114

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Idaea demissaria (Hübner, [1831])

Eois demissaria Hübner, [1831]

Many synonyms.

Size

Wingspan 14-19 mm.(1)

Forewing length 8-9 mm.(2)

Identification

Adult: Straw-colored wings have reddish shading in basal area and beyond PM. Slightly scalloped lines are reddish brown. All wings are marked in tiny black discal dots. (3)

Range

Occurs throughout North America, except the higher elevations of the Rocky Mountains, etc.. (4), (5)

Season

Adults are most common from March to October; year-round in Texas and Florida. (1)

Food

Unrecorded; probably a variety of low plants.(1)

Print References

Covell Jr., C. V 1984. A Field Guide to the Moths of Eastern North America. p.376, pl.46(16) (1)

Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America.Press. pl.31.27, p.222. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (6)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)(7)

Maryland Moths adult images (Larry Line, Maryland)

distribution in Canada list of provinces (CBIF)

Works Cited

1.	Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America Charles V. Covell, Jr. 2005.

2.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

3.	Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. 2012. Houghton Mifflin.

4.	Survey of Utah Moth Species

5.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

6.	North American Moth Photographers Group

7.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Chuck Entz on 5 August, 2006 - 3:21am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Robin McLeod, Maury Heiman, Robert Lord Zimlich, KenW, Randy Hardy
Last updated 14 June, 2014 - 7:18pm

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